HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1942-04-02, Page 2PAGE 2
-LIN TUN NEWS -RECORD
THURS., APRIL 2, 1942
ue Geranium
y DO .,AN BIFt.KLEY
the morning,' the wealthy Mrs.
Rodman (Nina) Arkwright: is found
murdered > in a shower room of the
swimming pool at a resort hotel in
California, Her body 'is discovered
by the janitor Mac. Those at the
pool at the time are: -Janet Cooper,
swimming teacher; Joel Markham,
young, .chemist, who was recently
heard saying that Nina deserved kill-
ing; Kay Feldman, her niece, who will
inherit her money; Adele Kramer, ex-
wife of her husband; Bobbie Oreille,
rich but unattractive girl who's an-
xious to marry; and. Jack Seyfert, the
The Clinton News -Record
-with which is Incorporated
THE NEW ERA
TERMS OF SUBSGRIPTION
$1,.50 per year in advance, to Can-
adian addresses; $2.00 to the U.S. or
other foreign countries. No paper
discontinued until ail arrears are
paid unless at the option of the pub-
lisher. The date to which every sub-
seription is paid is denoted on the
label.
AEtV13R711SJNG RATES — Transient
advertising 12c per count line for
first insertion. Se for each subae-
quent, insertion. Heading manta 2
lines. Small advertisements not to
exceed one inch, such as "Wanted,"
"Lost", "Strayed", etc., inserted once
four 36q, ,each subjsequent insertion
15c. Rates for display advertising
made 7rnown on application.
Communications intended for pub-
lication must, as a guarantee of good
faith, be accompanied by the name
of the writer.
G. E. HALL - - Proprietor
H. T. RANCE
NOTARY PUBLIC
Fire Insurance Agent
Representing 14 Fire. Insurance
Companies, .
Division Court Office, Clinton
Frank Fingland. B.A., LL.B.
Barrister, Solicitor, Notary Public
Successor to. W. Brydone, K,C.
Sloan Block — Clinton, Ont.
DR. G. S. ELLIOTT
Veterinary Surgeon
Phone 203; . Clinton,,'
H. C. BIEIR
Barrister -at -Law
Solicitor of the Supreme Cola% of
Ontario
Proctor in Admiralty.
..Notary Public and Commissioner.
Offices in Bank of Montreal Building
Hours: 2.00 to 5.00 Tneedaya
and Fridays. '
D. II. McINNES
CHIROPRACTOR
Electro Therapist, Massage
Office: Huron Street, (Few Doors
west of Royal Bank)
Hours—Wed. and Sat. and by
appointment.
FOOT CORRECTION
by manipulation San -Ray Treatment
Phone 207
EDWARD W. ELLIOTT
Licensed Auctioneer For Huron
Correspondence promptly answered,
Immediate arrangements can be made
kr Sales Date at The Newe-Recoa'd,
Clinton, or by calling Phone 203,
Chargee Moderate and Satisfaction
Guaranteed.
HAROLD JACKSON
Licensed Auctioneer
Specialist in. Farm and Household
Sales.
Lfcensed in Huron and Perth
Counties. Prices reasonable; satis-
faction guaranteed.
For information etc. write or phone
Harold Jackson, R.R. No. 4 Seaforth,
phone 14 -661. 06.012
THE McKILLOP MUTUAL
Fire Insurance Company
Head Office. Seaforth, Ont.
Officers: President A. W. McEwing,
Blyth; Vice -President, W. It.
Archibald, Seaforth; Manager and
Sec. Treas., M. A. Reid, Seaforth.
Directors: W:rn. Knox, Londesboro;
Alex. Brcadfoot, Seaforth; Chris.
Leonhardt, Dublin; E. J. Trewartha,
Clinton; Thos. Moylan, Seaforth; W.
R. Archibald, Seaforth; Alex MCEw-
ing. Blyth; Frank McGregor, Clinton;
Ilugh Alexander, Walton.
List of Agents:
J. Watt, Blyth; J. E. Peper, Bruce=
field, R.R. No. 1; lt. F. McKercher.
Dublin, R.R. No. 1; J. F. Preuter,
frodhagen.
Anymoney to be paid map be pai4
to the Royal Bank, Bank of
Commence, Seaforth, or Clinton;at Calvin
Cutt's Grocery,Goderieb.
Parties deing to effect lanai-
once or transact other business will
be promptly attended to on applica-
tion to any of the above off1eers ad.
dreamed to. their respective poet adli-
cee. Leases inspected by the director
man whom she hopes to ensn'ar'e hut.
who has been attentive to'Nina. The
police, headed by Captain Loring, be-
lieve the murder weapon was a fire
ax, which is mis'sin'g and place. the
time of death. at 10 o'clock. When
Loring gathers e group together for
questioning, a waiter,. George, who
was ou duty on the hotel'teir.•ace that
morning, states that he saW Adele
leaving the pool at 10. Loring asks
whether ;elle could have had an ax.
hidden under,her• dress. When George
says no, Adele faints.
CHAPTER VII
It was Kay, quick but composed,
who first reached Adele.
"Sire's really uncons'eious!'? Kay ex -
'claimed, as though she bad thought
Adele might be putting on an act.
Loring lifted Adele' and put her
into •a chair.
"You should know better than
that," Kay said, "We'll have to get
her head down,• get the blood -back
into it."
Mac said, "There's a place they
call a powder room through the
other door there"—he pointed to the
far end of the room—"and there's a
couch in it."
Loring was hoisting. Adele again,
preparing to take her to the powder
room, when she stirred; and took 11er.
head from against iris shoulder.
Her eyes opened slowly. "I'm all
right. Just . . let the sit still for
a minute."
Janet thought. She's afraid to be
taken away, afraid something might
be said which she needs to hear.
Kay said, "George, get • her a
brandy. Adele, put your head down
on the table. And sit still."
Adele moaned but did as Kay com-
manded.
The rest, except for George, who
went for the drink, resumed their
seats, though Janet could sense the
unease that had come over them.
One of their group had cracked en-
der the strain of suspicion. tI was
as if each of diem saw, himself or
herself in Adele's, 'shoes.
Loring snapped them out of it with
an abrupt question for Mac.
"McLeod', you say that you too saw
Miss Kramer leaving the pool about
ten, just after you had some down.
Now do you remember whether she
was carrying anything?"
Mac scratched his head. ,"I • can't
rightly say. She ducked out mighty
quick, mighty like she didn't want
to be seen."
"What do you meat by that?"
Loring demanded,
"Just the way she acted," said
Mac.
George came in at that moment
and offered Adele a glass of brancly
on a tray. She raised her Face long
enough to let the liquid run down her
throat, then put her head back on the
table.
George was for leaving again with
the empty glass, but Loring stopped
]ills.
"The glass can wait, I want to go
on with the people you saw leaving
the pool this morning. You said that
there were two. Who way the other
one?"
George put the tray down on the
table with an air of reluctance..
"The second one was a man."
"Well? Go on. What kind of a
man?"
"Not a guest here. He had bright-
ied hair, He was tall, fairly heavy,
anti he had on horn -rimmed glasses,"
Adele's fingers twitched .against
her face. Kay was sitting forward. •
Loring asked, 'What . about his
clothes?„
. "He wore brown slacks and a polo
shirt."
"Any bundle, coat, or sweater over
his. arm?" •
"No, nothing."
"He could have had the fire ax
insid'e'the leg of his trousers, tied in
there somehow," Loring said, as if
thinking alpine
"Not that, either," George slid
phos ptly.' "Just after he came out of
the gate to the pool and; before he
went off around, the tennis courts,
he knelt, down and tied his shoelace:
You couldn't do that with an ax in
Your pants."
Loring nodded. "That's right, Now
—a point I've got to be sure of-.
this man left the pool after Miss
Kramer did?"
"Dill I say that?"
"You spoke of him as the second
person to leave."
"I meant in point of importance,"
George ,said smugly.
Loring's face reddened, You mean
he left before Mies Kramer?"
• Quite a bit before. At about nine
thirty."
"And what do you mean about im•
-
portance?'" Loring demanded,
"Miss Kramer is a guest of the
hotel. Naturally, she . is ..ef much
greater importance than;'•same stran,
ger .wandering about the grounds;"
"Oh, lord!" Lorilug groaned
.Adele lifted' her lace off the table.
"That was Rodman Arkwright.
Loring perked round. "You're talk-
ing about this fellow who came out of
the pool enclosure ?"•
"Yes, It must have been. He has
•
I, ANADiAN_NATIONAL RAIiWAYS
TIME TABLE
Trains will arrive at and depart from
Clinton as follows:
Buffalo and Goderieb Div.:
Going East, depart 6.43 a.m.
Going "East, depart 3.00 p.m.
Going West, depart . 11.45 a.m.
Going West, depart 9.50 pan.
London—Clinton
Skiing South sr. 2.30, leave 3.08 p.nt.
bright -red hair. He wears horn-
rimmed glasses, he's tall and rather
heavy -set. Aincl he—he has a funny
habit of tying his shoelaces every so
often."
Loring quickly got out of his .chair
wen to the door, and 'stepped out in-
to the.hall. There must have been a
detective waiting there, b'eeause a
muttered conversation could be heard.
by those in the room. •
Then Loring corns back and sat
down.
"A.11 right Miss' Krasner. Thanks
far the, tip. You're sure Mr. Ark-
wright wasn't about when you went
down to the pool at ten?"
"No of course he wasn't."
Loring tapped the notes C'oreoran
had made. "Arkweight and• you were
formerly married?"
"Yes. For the year before he met
Nina."
"Did she break up ' your' mar-
riage?"
.A. bitter' litre drew itself . about
Adele's lips. • For an blatant, Janet
thought that she was about to. pour
forth the hatred she had felt to-
ward Nina. -
Instead, she controlled herself and
said, We parted by mutual consent."
"Had you seen• him recently?"
"Non
Kay put my "Rodman is supposed
to be in New York. My aunt had a
letter from him this week, mailed
from there. He must have flown
out.'
"What sort of relations was thole
between him and Mrs. Arkwright?"
Loring asked.
"Rotten," , said Kay. "They had
quarreled and separated months ago.
Lately, she found out that he was in-
terested in ,a girl in New York, a
stenographer in his office. He had
asked Nina for a divorce so he -could
marry again"
"And what had Mrs. Arkwright
said?"
"She was willing if the settlement
were made to her satisfaction:"
"Didn't she have a great deal of
money of her own?"
Kay •shrugged. "She was always
willing to acquire more,"
"She must have had an engage-
ment to meet her husband this
morning," Loring said thoughtfully.
"If she had', she didn't mention it
to me," Kay replied.
(TO BE CONTINUED)
(The characters in this serial are
fictitious)
WOMEN CLOGMAKERS
REMEMBER
Their Skill at, the Bench in
1914-1918
Answering Four Questions Most
)ften Asked About Conditions in
Britain
Women who, as young girls, 'made
clogs for Britain's factories. in the
last war are today returning to work
alongside their sons and daughters
at the benches. There they are mak-
ing heavy protective footwear for
munitions factories, steel works and:
all kind f industrial S o i I concerns.
More important than ever, now
that the loss. of Malaya means less
rubber for gumboots, Britain's• pres-
ent production' of 50,000 clogs a
week can . be steppedup to 100,000
without adding' to existing plant. And
the raw .materials need no shipping
space much of the leather comes from
Britain's cattle herd's the wood from
the beechwoodt of the Chilterns, and
the iron tips and nails from the foun-
dries of the Midlands. The dogs- aro
very different from the all -wooden
Continental sabot. Built up 'care-
fully and ,skilfully like a heavy boot,
some times, with felt linings for com-
fortable wear, they are clogs only so
far as the sole is made of shaped
beecliwood, the best material for the
purpose. Resisting heat, cold, water,
molten metal and glass and injurious
chemicals, they are psuch better than,
leather -soled boots, which would'
orack or pe'r'ish under such conditions.
they last longer and: are quite 30 per
cent cheaper than rubber.
Queen Anne is dead, but not a clog
factory during her reign which made
footwear for the soldiers of Marl-
borough and has, the same family re-
presented on its boards as do 1703.
Standing opposite' the "blitzed" ruins
of Bow Church, London, the men and
women working there toddy are turn -
mg
m out
r 10
g ove •
0ons of c 1
P cgs a week
y each for explosives works, ooilieriee,
chemical gas and electrical works,
bottling and canning factories, steel
rolling mills, laundries, railway work-
shops,stables, . garages, glassworks,
dairies, breweries, -distilleries, oil re-
fineries and so on, •
You Roll Them 8:effer With
OGDENScuT
CIGARETTE TOBACCO
This is the 13th of a series of 18
articles on conditions in Great Britain
in wartime ,written exclusively for
the weekly newspapers of Canada by
]ugh Templin, 'cif the Fergus News
Record,
Having completed the first dozen
stories in this series, perhaps I should
take time this week ,to answer 'the
questions most often asked me •since
I oame back to' Canada. I shall isot
attempt to answer thein all of course,
but only four of those which seem
the most important and which are
most frequently asked..
WHAT CHANGES IS TUE WAR
MAIiING IN GREAT BRITAIN
This was my first visit to England]
and therefore I cannot answer from
my own experience, but among my
fellow- travellers were several who
had been born in the British Isles;
or had visited then on ,several oc-
casions. During •my stay isu England
I' met people of all classes. My hosts
included titled persons of various
degrees of prominence and rank. 1
travelled' by myself when time per-
mitted( and met and talked with
people of all classes. I•wandered away
from the group to talk to people who
were working in their gardens, to the
men and women running ma'ehinery
in the factories. I met many former
Canadians now living in England.
It seems to• be unanimously agreed
that the changes in Britain have al-
ready been great; that more are still
to come, and that things can never
he the same again as they were be-
fore the war began.
A great levelling process is taking
place. Money is of little use if it
cannot buy luxuries. Rationing- ap-
plies to all. No matter how many
suits of clothes a man had before the
war, he can buy only the same num-
ber now as the humblest laborer. True
the quality will be better, but even
that distinction tends to disappear.
During mora than three weeks in
London, I saw only two young hien
dressed in formal evening clothes,
not 'counting the waiters in the hotel.
These two were in an underground
station and they were drunk. They
were pointed out to me as a bad ex-
ample by a constable. Yet in the
days before the war, a Canadian
cabinet minister was refused adinise
sion to the dining room in the hotel
where I stayed because he was not in
evening clothes.
An incident happened during my
stay in Britain that shows the Ger-
mans have no idea what a change
they have wrought in England. One
night they dropped a .spy by para-
chute. Evidently, he expected to move
in society. • He ryas dressed in tails.
and his outfit was complete even, to
white spats. The outfit marked him
at once, and he had the further mis-
fortune to drop in a mud puddle and
spoil his spats. He was picked up be-
fore he had time to hide the small
wireless transmitter he married'. His
clothes cost him his life.
Even then, pleasure travel in auto-
mobiles was limited to the distance
one could go on three gallons a
month, Since then, it,has been pro-
hibited. While I was in England, the
distincton between first and third
classes for railway travel was abol-
ished and there is now only one class.
Rich and poor suffered alike in the
bombing. That, perhaps, did more to
break down distinctions than any-
thing else. Everybody physically
able to do so must take a turn at
fire -watching.
It is ' said that income and other
taxes amount almost to conscription
of wealth. I cannot say whether that
is true, but it is obvious that wealth'
can no longer obtain many luxuries,
and a -great levelling process has been
taking place. Audi' did not hear any
complaints about it.
IS RATIONING OF FOOD AND
CLOTHING FAIR T,O' ALL?
This question _ can be answered
without hesitation, I do not see how
rationing restriction could be more
fairly applied. There are a ;few loop-
holes, but these are not important.
An honest effort is made to see that
everyone gets equal privilges.
Food allowances of all rationed,
staple foods are alike for rich and
poor. No amount of influence can get
any more. The British people areob-
viously not starving, but I do not
thing they, really` get enough to eat.
At least, a Canadian feelsthe sudden
change in diet.
Take butter, for instance. No mat-
ter where ,one eats, the allowanceis
the same ,two ounces a week. That
allows a slice about the size and
thicknessofa quarter for each meal.
It will not butter half a roll. On Sun-
day morndng I showed the family the
butter allowance for one meal" I used
six of : them, or two d'ayis' ration, on
one slime of hot toast.
It is hard to find anything for
breakfast in Britain. I never ate an
egg while I was there. (The ration
is two eggs a month per person in
the London district.) • In fact, I saw
only one person eating an egg in al-
most a month, There are no packaged
cereals. They come from Canadaand
are too bulky to ship. Oatmeall could
be obtained occasionally when oris
could get milkwith it. The sugar
ration is one-third the new Canadian
ration. Fried tomatoes' seemed to he
the .staple breakfast food last fall,
sometimes. with one slice of fat bac-
on.
Meat is severely rationed. The al-
lowance ie 'linked by the price paid,
one shilling ,tuppence, a week per
person, That would mean a roast on
Sunday and slrepherdrs pie once or
twice on following days. There are
two exceptions. Game and offal are
not rationed. At the hotels' one ate
uneationed meat—venison rabbit pie,
grouse, chicken, guinea fowl—or such
things as, tripe, sweetbreads and
headcheese. English sausages are
amazing things'. They look like
sausages but taste like nothing on.
earth. I tried them twice the sec-
ond time to see if they could possibly
be as bad as I thought they were
the first time. There was no irn-
provement.
Bread and vegetables were not
rationed. With so many growing
their own vegetables last year, and
with a favorable season, there was no
scarcity of vegetabes. I saw oranges
for sale.once. They were for children
only. Stores were busy but I never
saw a queue lined up to buy food, al-
though there were line-ups in the
early mornings where cigarettes were
sold, three to a customer.
WHAT TO SEND IN PARCELS OF
FOOD TO BRITAIN
What is Bent to Canadian soldiers
in Britain is largely a matter of in-
dividual preference. The weight al
lowanci is liberal and there are few
restrictions. An officer at Canadian
Arnsy Headquarters in London sug-
gests butter, sugar, marmadale, friut
juice (all cans); razor blades, gar-
ters' and braces. Another suggests
candy, particularly chocolate. I asked
many soldiers what they- would like
and got few other suggestions. They
seemed -to be well supplied with cig-
arettes though there were many com-
plaints about cigarettes going astray.
I imagine that it is not so much what
is in parcels for soldiers that counts,
so much as the fact that they are
sent regularly. They like to know
that the people back home have not
forgetter theism .
Parcels for civilians in Britain
must be chosen carefully. The weight
limit is five pounds, including , the -
wrapping and package. There are
some restrictions about the number
of packages which may be sent and
the contents. If the parcels does not
1.
t
•i
rei
id's
9111
el
0
1.
t
l'
9393,
inti
ri
Oi
l.1
se
l;3f.
ii
S
ii.
kl;
{
.
int
1:'
4'
9l
:i`
• Your C -I -L Paint Dealer.is more than
a salesman of paints and brushes. Ask
his advice whenever you have a paint
or repair job to do. You'll find he has .
a score of useful suggestions to help you
do the job better at less expense. Like
C -I -L Quality Paints, he can help you
,]reserve and protect your home. See
him if you plan to "fix -up" this Spring.
t:
Before you paint, see how the job
will look in a thousand different
colour combinations ... with the
Cd -L 1942 Colour Styling Book.
99 actually painted colour sheets
(9^2t 12^) canbe visualized through
10 separate transparent Four
Colour overlays of homes.
Sutter *It Perdue
az-z9
C -I -L PAINTS FOR LASTING PROTECTION
comply with the restrictions, it will
not be delivered. The person to whom
it is consigned will be notified, 'but
the contents will be turned over to
some organization. That is worse
than not sending a parcel at all.
Civilians in Britain appreciate the
parcels sent them even more than
the boys in the Armed Services. They
are more in need of the extra food. A
Pound of butter received frons Can-
ada. for instance, doubes the ration
for one person: for two months. There
is a definite rule that no person in
Britain may write to ask that food
be sent, but you can be sure it will
be welcomed.
I asked Many civilians what they
would, like most, if parcels were sent
then from Canada. Invariably butter
headed the list, It can be bought in
cans. I heard of one old lady who re-
coived-a two -pound tin of butter from
Canada. Sire called the neighbors in
to see it. The local paper heard the
story and printed it. Two mouths
later she still had her butter un-
opened, a treasure beyond price.
Not more than two pounds of any
one substance may be sent in a five -
pound parcel. Do not send clothing.
The person who receives it will be
forced to give up clothing coupons,
well possibly have to pay duty as
well. Don't send cigarette to civilians
either since the duty is high. Tea is
not so scarce as generally supposed.
Foods generally mentioned, besides
butter, were: canned meats, particu-
larly ham products, fruit 'concentrates
in tins cheese peanut butter, vitamin.
B1 tablets.
If you: are sending to a lady, put in
a few hairpins bobby pins or safety
pins. They are unbelievably scarce in
Britain.. And it is said that younger
ladies might like a lip -stick.
ARId MANY CANADIAN SOLDIERS
MARRYING BRITISH, GIRLS? ...
Perhaps this is a subject that I
should not discuss. .It 'seems' that I
ticklish one. One of the other editors
on the trip wrote about it in a wo-
man's, magazine and created quite a
(Continued on page 3)
Hungry For News
People who have lived in Clinton but are now
living elsewhere, are always interested in what is
happening "back home.'
Your local newspaper tells thein more in one is-
sue than would or could be told in a dozen letters.
Your local. newspaper goes regularly and act-
ually cost's less than a letter a week, when postage,
stationery and time are considdred.
Your local newspaper cost'only $1.50 a year to
any address in Canada, $2.00 to the United States.
SEND YOUR LOCAL NEWSPAPER
Clinton News -Record
To That Absent Friend or Relative